In Yaroslavl, printed materials were confiscated from those heading to the “March of Millions”

On May 5, 2012, it became known that the day before, on May 4, in Yaroslavl, 18 residents of Tyumen, Solikamsk and Khanty-Mansiysk were detained, who traveled through this city to Moscow on the "March of Millions", scheduled for May 6th.

The police stopped the bus that was taking them to Moscow. activists escorted to the police department "Central", where they installed them individuals seized more than 3,000 leaflets and newspapers to check for "extremism" and released a few hours later.

According to the head of the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Yaroslavl region of Alexander Shikhanov, the reason for the detention was the suspicion that in materials " contain extremist statements about representatives of the highest state power of the Russian Federation .

Recall that the day before, on May 3, leaflets and books from the participants of the "Motor Run-2012: from Kamchatka to Moscow".

Again, the common practice of seizing law enforcement agencies of circulation or large quantities of printed materials for testing "for extremism" is illegal. For verification a few copies are sufficient.

Sources

• Participants of the "March of Millions" detained in Yaroslavl // 76.ru. 2012. May 5.
• Oppositionists from Solikamsk detained for distributing leaflets // 76.ru. 2012. May 5.